The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) held its Golden Goblet Awards ceremony at the Shanghai Grand Theatre on Saturday evening, revealing the winners across five competition categories: Main Competition, Asian New Talent, Documentary, Animation, and Short Film.
This year's festival received approximately 4,100 submissions from 125 countries and regions, setting a new record.
Of the 49 films that made the final shortlist, 41 were world premieres, accounting for 83.67 percent, an increase of 6.12 percent from 2025. Notably, both the Main Competition and Documentary sections consisted entirely of world premieres for the first time in the festival's history.
For Golden Goblet Awards' Main Competition section, Best Feature Film went to Atlantic Rhapsody (China), which stood out among the international entries. Moroccan filmmaker Yassine El Idrissi took home Best Director for Halima, while his lead actress Khadija Amari earned Best Actress for the same film. Chinese actor Zhang Songwen won Best Actor for his performance in Secret in the Box. The Jury Grand Prix was awarded to Belgian film Iluminada.
The Best Film award in the Asian New Talent section was presented to Her First Taste (China).
The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival officially concluded on Sunday.
Golden Goblet Awards winners unveiled at 28th Shanghai Int'l Film Festival
Russia said Sunday that its forces had hit Ukrainian military facilities, while Ukraine said on the same day that it shot down or neutralized 152 Russian drones and launched an attack on a Russian oil terminal.
In a daily report, the Russian Defense Ministry said that over the past 24 hours, the Russian forces struck Ukrainian transport infrastructure, depots for military-technical supplies, and facilities for drone assembly, storage and launch.
The ministry also said that the Russian forces conducted a precision strike on a large dry-cargo ship and destroyed an enemy uncrewed vessel in the Black Sea.
Meanwhile, St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov said the city had been hit by a large-scale drone attack, leaving one person dead and five others injured.
The Ukrainian Air Force said it had shot down or neutralized 152 Russian drones between 18:00 Saturday and 08:00 Sunday. Ukrainian defense firm Fire Point also reported that Ukrainian forces had used drones to strike an oil terminal, an oil depot and a data center in St. Petersburg. Fires broke out at the oil depot and the terminal, while the data center sustained severe damage.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces had attacked electrical substations in several regions, including Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr, on Saturday night.
Zelenskyy also said he held a phone call with U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to discuss the outcomes of a meeting between Ukrainian and U.S. representatives held on Oct. 9 in Florida, as well as next steps.
He said the two sides had also discussed the possible provision of Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine. Zelenskyy added that the Russia-Ukraine conflict must end, emphasizing that the U.S. position is crucial to the process.
Russia reports strikes on Ukrainian facilities, Ukraine says it hit Russian oil terminal
Russia reports strikes on Ukrainian facilities, Ukraine says it hit Russian oil terminal
